The Mets have selected Jimenez with the 102nd overall pick in the 2025 First-Year Player Draft. Jimenez has significant power potential and a chance to stick at shortstop thanks to his plus arm ...

The Mets selected Central Florida shortstop Antonio Jimenez with the 102nd overall pick (Round 3) in the 2025 MLB Draft. Jimenez, 21, played 55 games last season for UCF after transferring from Miami.

Shortstop Antonio Jimenez became the first Knight chosen this summer when the New York Mets took him in the third round with the 102nd overall pick. It’s the 34th straight year a UCF player has ...

Former UCF shortstop Antonio Jiminez was selected by the New York Mets in the third round of the 2025 MLB Draft on Sunday, continuing the program’s streak of having at least one player drafted ...

Jimenez, the Mets’ only other pick on the first day of the draft, doesn’t pitch at all, but he is another athletic collegiate player. As a draft-eligible sophomore, Jimenez slashed .329/.407 ...

The righthanded-hitting Jimenez played in 55 games this past season and had a .329/.407/.575 slash line, 11 home runs, 51 RBIs and 11 stolen bases. “He was a real exciting player,” Gross said.

Antonio Jimenez Year: Sophomore Position: Shortstop 2025 stats: 55 games, .329 batting average, .982 OPS, 11 home runs, 51 RBIs, 55 runs, 11 stolen bases This one comes with a caveat.